Group: alt.gathering.rainbow · Group Profile
Author: mirandamiranda Date: Sep 11, 2008 11:13
On Sep 10, 10:28 pm, sam yahoo.com> wrote:> On Sep 10, 7:19 pm, miranda gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I like this chrome, this new browser by google. I've only had it
>> cumulatively five hours of online time but it's been perfectly docile
>> and mannerly while diligent and very good at its work. But then I've
>> always found Internet Explorer to be like walking around in a wooden
>> suit. I know we hate google for prostituting its ass to the chinese
>> and selling out freedom of speech. But I suppose I've sold my
>> birthright for this handful of potash. What would Guttenberg do? Is
>> this how russia bastardized marxism? my god! I'm in torment over a
>> browser! miranda
>
> i've been using it for several days now and am enjoying it more and
> more as i stumble across more stuff it does all the time! the built-
> in search function is very friendly and handy for the googlers and all
> text has built-in spell check. it stacks up windows and also displays
> up to 6 of most frequently visited sites on one page as in a split
> screen kinda deal that's clickable...plus for this dialup-er it's way
> faster than explorer ever was! i can actually view video now...a bit
> rough at times but it works a helluva lot better than anything else
> i've seen running thru a dialup connection...
>
> i say 5 stars and highly recommend it!
I do not believe it is that complex. I think it's just the crowning
glory of dumbing down. The right wing hated the sixties; hated the
great wave of lefty boomers who surged out onto the nation's roads and
streets and who insisted the war end. They also hated that the rich
middle class, well educated, kennedy mourning, baby boomers also had
a few parties out there, and also began gossiping about animism and
buddhism snd krshna with very little jesus talk mixed in. And the
right organized. They wanted to make the sixties and fun and
literature and movies illegal unless they were informed by
christianity. And sports and business needed to be more declaritively
about religion. And even in matters of law, well, ungodly laws had to
go.
The dumbing down arises from a shrinking tax base and tax starved
schools. It also comes from a willed ignorance. This last has a
myriad of expressions but sounds like this: "no I don't have any
kids-- that I know of"
or "Oh sure Jack's a good n, but most of em ain't" or even "It's like
any thing else: There's good ones and there's bad ones.". And also
comes from the fact that excellent minds aren't going to be interested
in watered down, turgid undimentional stories that are church
sanctioned. So amongst many effects, standards fall. In fact the
skill of speech and critical listening plummet. But! That's
perfectly alright! The republicans have forrnulas! And gimmicks.
They've studied this. And they can mock and misrepresent Obama's
statements with great skill, tying up the air waves for many days
while nothing actually said is reported or discussed either.
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